VA, CMS partner to identify and recover $106M in duplicate healthcare billing

WASHINGTON

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a new partnership with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to eliminate instances in which both agencies are billed for the same health care episode.

As part of the partnership, VA and CMS reviewed medical billings for the last six years for Veterans enrolled in both VA health care and Medicare and found $106 million…